Top 10 External Hard Drives

External hard drives aren't as fast as internal models, but they are great for backups and are easy to install. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.

Edited by Melissa J. Perenson

Dec 31, 2008 4:45 am

Last Rated: December 24, 2008	BEST BUY! 1. CMS Products Velocity2 Drive size (GB): 1000GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.18, Bottom Line: This top-flight performer provides a software/hardware combination for creating a bootable backup drive. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	2. SimpleTech Duo Pro Drive Drive size (GB): 1000GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 7200, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.28, Bottom Line: Terrific design, speedy performance, and versatile backup software make this drive a strong choice. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	3. Apricorn 500GB EZ Bus DTS SATA/USB External Storage System Drive size (GB): 500GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 8, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.26, Bottom Line: This fast, cheap drive comes with three basic backup, file-copy, and encryption utilities. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	4. LaCie d2 Quadra External 500GB Hard Drive (USB 2.0/SATA-150/FireWire 400/FireWire 800, 7,200 RPM, 16MB) Drive size (GB): 500GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-150, USB 2.0, FireWire 800/400, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.34, Bottom Line: For a slight price premium, you get the flexibility of USB, SATA, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800 data interfaces. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	5. Western Digital External MyBook Drive size (GB): 1000GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.21, Bottom Line: Reasonably priced for a single 1TB drive, this model lacks the performance oomph of some of its competitors. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	6. WiebeTech ToughTech FS 500GB Drive size (GB): 500GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.41, Bottom Line: Fast drive comes in a sleek, accessible (via tools) chassis, but lacks bundled software. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	7. SimpleTech (re) drive Drive size (GB): 500GB, Supported Interface(s): USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 5400, Buffer Size (MB): 8, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.28, Bottom Line: Elegant, original, and ecologically-friendly design inside and out highlight this external hard drive. Test Report
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	8. Seagate Maxtor One-Touch IV Plus Drive size (GB): 500GB, Supported Interface(s): USB 2.0, FireWire 400, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.3, Bottom Line: Slow performer lacks an eSATA interface; its integrated backup software makes one-touch backups easy. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	9. CMS Products 1.5TB Velocity2 2-drive RAID Backup System Drive size (GB): 1500GB, Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.47, Bottom Line: This large-capacity drive has multiple RAID options but costs a lot for good but not exceptional performance. Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated: December 24, 2008	10. Hammer Morespace Drive size (GB): 1000GB, Supported Interface(s): USB 2.0, Speed (RPM): 7200, Buffer Size (MB): 16, Cost per Gigabyte: $0.12, Bottom Line: Basic hard drive has unattractive, boxy design; but, it includes a power switch. Test Report • Check latest prices

External Hard Disk Drive

.An external hard disk drive is a type of hard disk drive which is externally connected to a computer. Modern entries into the market consist of standard SATA, IDE, or SCSI hard drives in portable disk enclosures with SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394 Firewire, eSATA client interfaces to connect to the host computer. Recently, it is the most important thing that someone must have because it can store many data as the storage are very big.

BTN Rocks!!!!!!!

hehe...this is when i join BTN at Pusat Latihan NAKA...
n these are my group members...
from behind:-
azura,zarina,aqielah,me,dhilah,ribi,diera,farah,atikah
sit infront:-
bad,syafiq,suhaizam

Technic's Archers - The Heroes

hehe....The 3 short-sighted archers.....not 3 stooges ea...but may be the 3 musketeers..
hurm...this is the memory that i wont forget until i die..
i always wanted to be with them..miss the old days la
anyway i know that we will meet again and back in action...
see you guys soon....

IM AN ARCHER!!

that's me..with my very own bow,quiver and arrows...
i now hold a very great responsibility to serve for my school,district and country
hehe....do you know that all of that thing cost about RM9000...

FRIENDS

me and my friends after how many hours of training...
hehe....very tired.but we still maintain the sweetest face of ours...
ahakss

MY TEAM

MY FIRST TEAM...
STARTING FROM LEFT
-BEHIND:AYU,WAN,ANA,IZZAH,ATIN,KHAIRUL,AZRIN,ME,PALI.
-FRONT: EN.RAHIM,MS.JANE,EN.SALIHUDDIN,EN.SHAM

MY EVER BEST TEAM....
I WONT FORGET ALL OF YOU..

BOW OF DREAM

urm...this is one of my dream bow...
it is a compound bow..a lil bit cheaper than the recurve bow
but anyway, it cost about RM5000. i need to collect my own money or ask for sponsors if i want to own it..
normally we use this type of bow when we want to go for hunting, but recently, compound bow tournament have been popularise and have attracked many archers to join it.

Archer to be....

i start my life as an archer when i'm 13th years old. i'm interested in joining it for a very long time. i have watch many movies about it. its all starts when i'm in sekolah menengah agama izzuddin shah. i have join the archery club, but its quite passive there. then, i'll get back into my track when i entered Taiping Technic School. i just join the Technic Archery Club when i was 17,when i was in form 5. i have come to the team selection, and i have selected to be one of the team members. although it's too late to join because we are having big exam, it cant stop me from achieving my dreams.

memories.....

hurm...this pic is editted by nina...she's very creative gurl..one of my best friend when i was in school...this pic is dedicated to all of the members in this picture...nice to know all of you
hope we can meet again a.s.a.p. because i miss all of you so much....
haha

History of Archery

The bow seems to have been invented in the late Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods. The oldest indication for its use in Europe comes from the Stellmoor in the Ahrensburg valley north of Hamburg, Germany and date from the late Paleolithic Hamburgian culture (9000–8000 BC). The arrows were made of pine and consisted of a mainshaft and a 15-20 centimetre (6-8 inches) long foreshaft with a flint point. There are no definite earlier bows; previous pointed shafts are known, but may have been launched by atlatls rather than bows. The oldest bows known so far come from the Holmegård swamp in Denmark. Bows eventually replaced the atlatl as the predominant means for launching shafted projectiles, on every continent except Australia.
Bows and arrows have been present in Egyptian culture since its predynastic origins. In the Levant, artifacts which may be arrow-shaft straighteners are known from the Natufian culture, (ca. 12,800–10,300 BP (before present)) onwards. The Khiamian and PPN A shouldered Khiam-points may well be arrowheads.
Classical civilizations, notably the Persians, Parthians, Indians, Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese fielded large numbers of archers in their armies. The Sanskrit term for archery, dhanurveda, came to refer to martial arts in general.
Archery was highly developed in Asia and in the Islamic world. In East Asia the ancient Korean civilizations were well-known for their archery skills.[1] Central Asian and American Plains tribesmen were extremely adept at archery on horseback.

Archery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Archery is the art, practice or skill of shooting with bow and arrow. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat and has become a precision sport. A person practicing archery is called an archer or bowman, and one who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite.